Carthusian
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Carthusian
1520–30; < Medieval Latin Cartusiānus, by metathesis from Catursiānus, after Catursiānī ( montēs ) district in Dauphiné where the order was founded
Example Sentences
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In 1840, your Carthusian brothers will develop two formulas: the more bracing, higher-alcohol, green Chartreuse, and the softer, smoother yellow version.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022
The famed Polish composer and his French lover, a novelist known by her male pen name, spent the winter of 1838 at this former Carthusian monastery in Valldemossa.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021
In 1605, an order of Carthusian monks living outside of Paris inherited a secret tonic recipe from a French diplomat.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2019
While Carthusian monks take vows of secrecy to protect their recipes, it seems unlikely that they also take vows of poverty.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2013
The terrace gardens of the old Carthusian monastery were sweet with bud and blossom; and on the road beneath, a couple of bearded brown-robed Franciscan monks, treading softly on sandalled feet, gave us greeting.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart
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